I continue the discussion of civilizational decline. With an examination of the difference between principle and allegiance and what this means for the rule of law. Other Supporting Topics Include How anti-intellectualism and the abdication of the Enlightenment ethos have led to ack of… Continue Reading “TFS 50 – Principle vs Allegiance, Tales of Idiocy, and ‘Looming Meat Shortages’”
Category: Alex Weir, Current Events, Philosophy, Politics, Social Commentary, The Fractal Journal, Uncategorized, VlogTags: America, Civilization, COVID19, Decline, Economy, Enlightenment, Epoch Times, Fascism, Food, Freedom, Government, Liberty, Meat Shortage, Moral Courage, Peter Hitchens, Principles, Rule of Law, Shortages, Skepticism
Peter Hitchens does a rather excellent job of describing our decline. It is not the moralist’s self-righteous ramblings that Hitchens brings to the table. But, rather a very tangible, quantifiable, decay in standards and practices that affect everything from personal interactions to jurisprudence. Just… Continue Reading “TFS 49 – Internet Busybodies prove Peter Hitchens Concerns”
Category: Alex Weir, Current Events, Philosophy, Politics, Social Commentary, The Fractal Journal, Uncategorized, VlogTags: Britain, COVID19, Decline, Economics, Enlightenment Philosophy, Freedom, Good Morning Britain, Liberty, Peter Hitchens, Rule of Law, Society, United Kingdom, United States, Western Values
I review some excellent points Peter Hitchens made regarding the cultural decline that’s led our society and institutions to abdicate principals of individual rights, rule of law, and other ideals. Said ideals being integral to the success of not only England and America but… Continue Reading “TFS 48 – Peter Hitchens on Cultural Decline and Loss of Liberty”
Category: Alex Weir, Current Events, Philosophy, Politics, Social Commentary, The Fractal Journal, Uncategorized, VlogTags: America, Checks and Balances, Cultural Decline, Culture, Eastern Europe, Economy, Enlightenment, Freedom, Great Britain, Liberty, Magna Carta, Parliament, Peter Hitchens, Police, Russia, Statism, United States
Posted on January 31, 2020
by Alex V. Weir
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Aside from superior kernel architecture, greater choice in file systems, and the wisdom of not granting root access to anyone who drunkenly stumbles in at 3 AM the greatest advantages of Linux are not purely technical. I am by nature an artist and not… Continue Reading “The Best Argument for Privacy”
Category: Alex Weir, Current Events, Philosophy, Social Commentary, Technology, The Fractal Journal, UncategorizedTags: Eric Schmidt, Freedom, Google, Human Rights, Internet, Linux, Privacy
Posted on January 28, 2020
by Alex V. Weir
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“All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” Is a rather famous aphorism. But how do you know that you are a good man? How do you know what you should do? I use this aphorism and… Continue Reading “The Importance of Principle”
Category: Alex Weir, Current Events, Philosophy, Politics, Social Commentary, The Fractal Journal, UncategorizedTags: All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing., Discipline, Ethics, Foreign Policy, Freedom, Human Rights, Media, Principle, Public Discourse, Security, Thumos
Posted on April 11, 2019
by Alex V. Weir
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I am an American. I came to this country when I was very young and have made an extensive study of the enlightenment era values and principles it was founded on. That doesn’t mean I ignore my background. Nor does it mean that I… Continue Reading “Freedom”
Category: Alex Weir, Current Events, Philosophy, Politics, The Fractal Journal, UncategorizedTags: Freedom, Journalism, Julian Assange, Russia, The Fourth Estate, The West, Wikileaks
TFS 50 – Principle vs Allegiance, Tales of Idiocy, and ‘Looming Meat Shortages’
Posted on May 9, 2020 by Alex V. Weir
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I continue the discussion of civilizational decline. With an examination of the difference between principle and allegiance and what this means for the rule of law. Other Supporting Topics Include How anti-intellectualism and the abdication of the Enlightenment ethos have led to ack of… Continue Reading “TFS 50 – Principle vs Allegiance, Tales of Idiocy, and ‘Looming Meat Shortages’”
Category: Alex Weir, Current Events, Philosophy, Politics, Social Commentary, The Fractal Journal, Uncategorized, VlogTags: America, Civilization, COVID19, Decline, Economy, Enlightenment, Epoch Times, Fascism, Food, Freedom, Government, Liberty, Meat Shortage, Moral Courage, Peter Hitchens, Principles, Rule of Law, Shortages, Skepticism